The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-26
WHY FOR GORDON.
I've Vas Veterans in de Var Nit Us
Togedder."
From the Oglethorpe (Ga.) Echo,

FFOht Tue OgtetlOFIJe kbul IIC3tO.
Mr.. j. Phillips, of Sandy Cross, was red
hot Gordon man during the last gubernato-
rial campaign, and worked night and day
for the success of his candidate, leaving
nothing undone to assure his election. In
talking over the campaign the other day,
one of a party of gentlemen asked Mr..
Phillips how it came that he was such
Gordon man.
"Ve vas veterans un de var NIT us toged
der" was the quick response
You were! What command did you be-
long to and where did you enlist"
WE, dere vas some of us poyS what had
just come over from EUROPE, vat vas oud i'll
Texas bedding. Vevas all at Won boarding
house ven comes along Won OF de poYs and
says let's We all enlist in de army for sixty
days We hash good time, gets our rations
and no vightin We would hat to do. All right
we says all, and We all vents an enlisted to a
soldier to be- Vel, We lay erroundt dere for
several days, and den We vas marched down
on the Rio Grande river, and We drill some
more several days Wit sticks for guns on our
shoulders, Ven We been dere bout tree days
MAYBE long comes man-of-var boat und
We vas all daken prisoners and We had to
agive up our arms to de hofficer which vas
along init de ship. Dey took us all on de
board of de boat and We vas treated just as
nice like We vas bassenJus on dere undll We
gotS to New Orleans we're dey geep us yer
some days and tells us if we dake de oath of
allegiance We might be our own sells vonce
more again. We Won dat so quick as We
gould, and den dey durn us loose"
Didn't get into no fight"
"Naw, sir: We bought We could get S
some go0ts and go back to Texas vonce
more again und sell dem for big money What
vas oud dere, but ven We try to go way dey
say nav, sir, you no go ter we're de rebeis
vhas, and dere We vas in dat city all with
usselfs und nodding to do ter make some
money. We had little money, and last Won
dey ME an Won udder yellow We go buys us
some goots und We slip board boat vot say
it was going back to Texas and We pays him
big price to take us away without ever let
ting de Yankees knows we're We vas. We got
off all right and ven We got oud on de land
vonce more again we're do jul recon We vas?"
Don't know; wherever Gordon was l
reckon
Nav, sir; We vas at Guataumala, way
down dere In central Merica, vid our gootS
A vine country dat vas. We sell our goots
und dries to git some more, but We couldn't
do it, and dere de vas dill dey quits wight
ing in the Junited States. Gordon vas a
goot General, he vas himself, sure, und all
us poys What vas in de var init him must
loves him und we just mustn't gould
help voting for him We gould not.
Vas iu in de var NIT him like me vase"
Twas an old soldier addressed, and he
gave both an affirmative and a negative
answer while Phillips continued to say
'someding boud how much he vas loved ter
iheneral because he vas NIT him along in de
var all de time brave soldier, and vas SC
kind to us What under him vas when dc
Yankees would pc right NIT dere muskets at
us punched in de pack nit"
And nobody can blame Jake for being a
Gordon man.